Femme Eclectique: May 2012

wholesome living

wholesome love

wholesome life

sometimes you just have to go for a drive....these cows were happy i did.
i loved their energy.

well, in this moment of honesty, i'll admit, i'm struggling a bit with this post. it's like my brain is on overdrive and i feel like each of these pictures could be a post in and of themselves. and who knows, maybe they will be. i have so many thoughts i want to share and so little time to do as much as my brain wants to do! and then, i remember my yoga mantras.....breathe....and my most frequently used, as of late.....let. it. go.
and so, i will.

my main purpose with this post is to share my wholesome saturday. i had a fantastic solo saturday. because sometimes. we just need a day of aloneness. i'm thankful to have had this time. i'm thankful i was brave enough to capture it through my camera lens.

wholesome saturday.

filled

with colorful textures

delicious greens

calming soaps

and

all the inbetweens

delicious noodles

fragrant cider

wholesome chocolate milk

over burning beeswax candles of desire

cheese infused with weeds of dill

sparkling toes

like candy frosted frills

quiet cows grazing in the pasture

little lambies full of life, love and laughter

mama sheep watching close by

protecting their loved ones

as i watch on & cry

tearful tears filled with happiness and joy

a saturday captured

a saturday full of pureness

wholesome

saturday

such a gorgeous, creative space

color puts spring in your step
i'm just happy in this shop. it's ambience. its energy. it calls me.

there's so much this world has to offer. we can't be afraid. fear will hold us back from far to much for far too long. but you know, while we say all this, there is reason and meaning into the timing of fear. there are times when fear is necessary. even though it might hold us back, i like to think that in the "holding back" time, it's our time for something else, so that we can get to where we are going. i've been reading lots of books lately which talk about fear and the effects, often negative, it can have on our lives. but i think we also need to look at the positives it can have. remembering that it's all about balance. we require a certain amount of fear in order to move through life. it's when fear seeps into every facet of our lives that it becomes excruciatingly toxic. that's when we have to take a step back and find that balance. recoginize when the fear is too much. when it's truly interfering with our everyday lives. it interferes in our decisions, more often than we think...in small ways, which can have big impacts over long periods of time.

i decided not to let fear stand in my way over the weekend. i've been reading here, there and everywhere about how we should do something that scares us, every day. while many of the things i did this weekend weren't something that scared me, i did do things i normally would be tempted not to do. small things, which all in one day- can amount to a lot.

have you stepped outside your "comfort zone" today?

pink toes is me stepping outside my comfort zone....

have you ever wanted to just snap pictures like no one was watching? i have a secret (or not so secret) love of taking photos and always have. i just love the art of photography. so, on saturday, i armed myself with my camera all day and decided to record my wholesome saturday.

my first stop was the farmers market. my saturday ritual. i captured images of many of my favorite vendors. they were happy to have me capture their products. my photographs led to wonderful conversations. the market. my saturday morning social.

.my favorite beeswax candles.
beeswax candles burn, they clean the air like a great, natural, air purifier, and they are a link to a deep spiritual belief system
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